>If this tech is so revolutionary how come nothing in my life has changed positively.

That's a bit of a myopic view. Imagine someone asking the same question a few years after the invention of the printing press.

It's not hard to find examples of how AI is changing things. To take just one example, look at how it's revolutionizing research in science and mathematics. I wouldn't expect this to change the average person's life overnight, but there are absolutely going to be huge breakthroughs in the next few decades.

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shooly 13 hours ago | parent [-]

Most of average person's life struggles are not a result of lack of breakthroughs in science or mathematics. Similarly, most of problems with modern digital services or products are also not caused by lack of breakthroughs in engineering or technology.

We already know solutions to many current problems, and we knew them before AI - but those solutions are not being applied by people who are in charge. AI won't change those peoples' incentives.

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fasterik 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Almost all of the improvements in standard of living over the past 400 years have come from scientific breakthroughs. Newton's laws probably seemed like an abstract mathematical puzzle at the time, but we wouldn't have steam turbines or skyscrapers or modern transportation without them. There are similar stories for advances in agriculture, medicine, energy distribution, communications, and the list goes on.

Most jobs that people do today in advanced economies wouldn't exist without science and technology. It's bewildering that this needs to be explained on HN of all places.

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shooly 35 minutes ago | parent [-]

It's bewildering that you cannot even read the entire comment before you reply.

	▲	fasterik 12 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I did read it, and I responded to the specific claim you made about the extent to which scientific breakthroughs affect day to day life. It's pretty obvious that scientific progress does in fact change many aspects of life, including how long people live, the conditions they live in, and the kinds of work they can do to make a living. For the rest, I'm not sure what to respond to, since there are no specifics or examples given, just vague platitudes. On the other hand, you haven't responded to any of the specific points I've made.